Memorable goal is highlight for ML's long soccer season

Unless, however, that score comes in the final game of the season against the top team in the league and is the team’s first – and only – goal of the season.

That’s why junior Jessica Laird will likely tell her kids about the day her 25-yard free kick in the 45th minute ended a season of frustration for her soccer team that lost the game to Lakeside 9-1 and finished the year winless in eight games in the Northeast A League and 0-12 overall.

“Yeah, that was one of our highlights, they were pretty happy about that,” Cardinals’ head coach Zane Hig...